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It was the most modern war at the time.
There is no civil war on today.
This is a difficult question to answer because the term "modern" is subject to argument, but the American Civil War has been called the first modern war in the history of the world. In the opinion of this contributor, this claim is true in some ways.
The revolutionary war was considered a civil war with Britain, because most of the colonists were from Britain and still considered themselves Brits.
One of the reasons the American Civil War was considered the first "modern war" is because the railroads were used for great mobility, quickly moving men and materiel where they were most needed
Great Britain was the mother country, so it was considered a civil war because the Americans were fighting their own mother country. The civil war within that was between the loyalists and the patriots.
It was a Civil War only because the Americans were divided between Loyalist and Patriot. The American Revolution is not considered a civil war.
Both the American Civil War and World War One have been called the First Modern War.
Yes
It was considered the first civil war because it was a group of Americans fighting the Federal government.
Before the Civil War Montgomery Alabama was considered the capital of the south. When Virginia entered the confederacy during the Civil War, the capital of the South was moved to Richmond Virginia.
Gettysburg